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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Law enforcement in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is the responsibility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Headquartered in Skopje and headed by a Government-appointed Director for a four-year mandate, the Ministry’s Bureau for Public Security runs the national police force. It is responsible for:

Protecting the freedom and rights of its citizens;

Ensuring law and order;

Preventing, detecting and investigating crime;

Regulating and controlling traffic;

Controlling migration and residence of foreigners;

Providing state border security and crossing control;

INTERPOL Skopje

The National Central Bureau (NCB) for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is made up of more than 10 staff and structured around the following crime areas:

Public safety and terrorism;

Organized crime;

Drugs and weapons;

Financial and high-tech crime,

Trafficking in human beings;

Stolen motor vehicles;

Fugitives.

To strengthen national security, INTERPOL Skopje has arranged for the Organized Crime Department (OCD) to have direct access to INTERPOL's range of criminal databases (the OCD comprises several units, including financial crime, violent crime, trafficking in human beings, drugs and weapons, forensics). Access has also been granted to regional sections that deal with migration issues, and to national border crossing points. There are plans to continue expanding access to INTERPOL databases to law enforcement units across the country.

LYON, France – During a visit to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat headquarters, Head of Police and Director of Public Security of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mitko Chavkov, underlined his country’s commitment to international police cooperation.Meeting with INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, Mr Chavkov was updated on the latest globa...

LYON, France – Counterfeit goods worth nearly USD 1 million have been seized in a series of interventions across Eastern Europe as part of INTERPOL’s Operation White Mercury.Involving seven countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – the operation also resulted in the ident...

SKOPJE – In his first mission to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble has met with senior government and police officials to recognize the country’s contribution to global policing cooperation.During the two-day visit, in addition to discussions with the Minister of Internal Affairs Gordana Jankuloska and D...

The first joint operation co-ordinated under INTERPOL project BESA targeting organized crime groups in South East Europe has resulted in the arrest of five men and the seizure of more than six kilos of heroin by police in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.The arrests in Strumica on Saturday 27 March follow close co-operation between police in the...

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